2 years now the really shows how much the north korean economy has been hurt by these sanctions this policy of maximum pressure and as you say how much north korea wants to get relief from these sanctions rather thank you very much for that rob mcbride with the very latest live insall thank you. Now celebrations are continuing in puerto rico following the resignation of the islands governor ricardo announce hell leave office on wednesday following 2 weeks of protests the spot to buy the release of offensive messages between was a. O. And his aides adding to the frustration of a government corruption and agalloch of reports from san juan. Dancing in the streets of san juan celebrating whats being called a peoples revolution demonstrators have for days demanded gov ricardo rajjo step down after Text Messages revealed a leader who spoke poorly of his own people and used sexist and homophobic language the young Puerto Ricans who spearheaded the marches it to the bed to victory i mean i bet
Is not going to impose its standards on other countries but the e. U. Does have a duty to respond to the increasing concern among you consumers about the impact that their consumption is having on forests on the people who depend on those forests and with this communication with this action plan that it published this week it shows that the e. U. Is for the 1st time willing to bring in new options that could be regulator that would ensure that products that are being placed on the market from countries such as brazil would not be linked to human rights abuses. Or different station all right thank you so much for your thoughts on that. Thank you. South African Business is a begun paying a carbon tax as it tries to fight Climate Change one of africas biggest economies is hoping the move will help force big to change. Has more from me in the province. South africa is a continent of most industrialized economy and one of africas worst polluters its economy relies heavily on coal a dirty fo
Now theyre getting paid their full salary. And a good salary still feeling secure were getting our full cellar is now ok but we cant be sure that will be the case next month there are 1400000 people working for the government and Public Sector in the semiautonomous region of Northern Iraq they watch their paychecks shrink or disappear beginning in 2014 thats when the war with ice will began the price of oil plummeted and the federal government in baghdad cut budget payments to the Kurdistan Regional government austerity measures were implemented and workers paid the price with reduced salary. The dispute has been resolved the new Prime Minister who came to power this year says the estimated 10000000000. 00 thats owed to Public Sector employees will be paid although hes not given a timeframe the government says unemployment has dropped from 14 percent in 2016 to 9 percent so far this year theres more confidence among people like businessmen come out aga he develops residential and comme
That litigation process. Of negotiations that culminated in the settlement that was approved today weve had a migrant labor system for many many decades the majority of them are living in deep rule live in south africa and in neighboring countries like mozambique pursued to in swaziland where they really dont have access to medical facilities to screen and examined him so we dont know the status of the vast majority of former mine workers up there and step one is rolling out. A program to get medical facilities to them for checks it just extras lanfranc sheet and generally physical exams and receipts whether or not they are suffering from lung disease and qualified to be compensated. Well still ahead on aljazeera. Nearing a point of no return the destruction of brazils amazon could soon reach a point that has a profound impact on the world. How we got more heavy showers in c. Waste impassive china but its still very much in place across the central i was as well and out towards the sou
More you know badly injured or maimed for life and really the outside world paid very very little attention and certainly not sustained attention and certainly attention thats not making any difference or bringing over that resolution any closer review this collective shrug this lack of International Action to try to stop all of this do you think this is because of russias veto powers on the Security Council or is or does it go beyond that. Well certainly is Security Councils been you know effectively paralyzed on syria its had 8 years to to try and sort out this this problem and its failed and you know there are 5 states with the to the new year in takes one to be to block any kind of resolution so as Curator Council has not succeeded but i think its not just the Security Council is really the powerful states you mentioned russia but the other powerful states also could have influence on the situation. And they simply havent succeeded in making that that count and what were calling fo